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adenia

adenia noun: synonym of lymphadenia.

adenia: synonym of lymphadenia
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Noun (1)

adenia

  1. (dated) Synonym of lymphadenia.
    • Leudet and Perrin discovered submaxillary engorgement, so that we may suppose the possibility of that engorgement having existed at the commencement of the adenia, but to so small an extent as not to attract the notice of the patient.1873, Armand Trousseau, Lectures on Clinical Medicine - Volume 2, page 810
    • Simple adenia occurs oftenest between the ages of twenty and thirty, then again it is frequent between fifty and sixty. Leukæmic adenia is most frequent between the ages of thirty and forty.1891, George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Medical Record - Volume 40, page 455
    Synonyms:
    lymphadenia

Noun (2)

adenia (plural adenias)

  1. Any plant in the genus Adenia, especially those which, like the genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae), are grown by collectors for their distinctive swollen stems or trunks.

adenia meaning in Tamil and Kannada

adenia in Tamil

நீடித்த நீணநீர் சுரப்பிப் பெருக்கம்

adenia in Kannada

ಸುರಿಗೆಯೂತ

Synonyms of adenia

Forms of adenia

pluraladenias

Origin of adenia

Coined by Armand Trousseau from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”) + -ia.

] Etymology tree Arabic عُود (ʕūd)? Arabic عَدَن (ʕadan) Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)der. Translingual -ia Translingual Adeniabor. English adenia Borrowed from Translingual Adenia.

Words formed from adenia

Questions about adenia

What does adenia mean?
Adenia means synonym of lymphadenia.
What is adenia in Tamil?
Adenia in Tamil is நீடித்த நீணநீர் சுரப்பிப் பெருக்கம். See Adenia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adenia?
Adenia is a noun.
What is the plural of adenia?
The plural of adenia is adenias.

Words near adenia in the dictionary

  1. adenectomies
  2. adenectomy
  3. Adenese
  4. Adeney
  5. Adeni
  6. adenia
  7. adenias
  8. adeniform
  9. adenine
  10. adenines
  11. adenitides

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